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Volatile safe-haven bonds

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 30 MAY 2013
... the Fed's Sept. 13 announcement...The index has averaged 57.1 this year". The prospect of a QE unwind and bond market volatility would send bond yields higher that, in turn, would hit equity markets, raise mortgage rates and hit home prices, raise the ...

Five new funds added to FirstChoice platform

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 14 MAY 2013
... fund FirstChoice Lower Volatility Australian Share, changing the investment strategy to reduce the effect of market volatility. The option aims to provide long-term capital growth and income with an emphasis on capital stability from a diversified portfolio ...

Number of instos prioritising risk doubles since GFC

MARK SMITH  |  WEDNESDAY, 8 MAY 2013
... enterprise," he said. More than half of all respondents ranked reputational risk equally with risk arising from market volatility. Despite the increased focus on risk, the study found that the majority of non-risk staff (52%), as well as three in 10 ...

Nominations in for the CIO and COO Year Awards

STAFF WRITER  |  TUESDAY, 23 APR 2013
... difficult times that fund executives have been through due to legislative and market changes. "The continued market volatility and the introduction of a range of new regulatory requirements, such as MySuper, have put enormous pressure on fiduciary fund ...

Still opportunities for flexible bond managers

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 12 APR 2013
... market in 2013 is going to take a lot of flexibility, according to global fixed income giant Amundi. Equity market volatility and the compression of bond yields around the world has made fixed income assets a surprise investment darling of the last thirty ...

Treasuries - safe but not so rewarding

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 25 MAR 2013
... eventually hammer a last minute deal. Hasn't this always been the case? Nevertheless, this latest bout of financial market volatility has brought not a few investors back into the safety of US Treasuries. The yield on benchmark 10-year US Treasuries ...

US advisers don't understand clients risk tolerances

ALEX DUNNIN  |  FRIDAY, 15 MAR 2013
... policy statement which allows the adviser to learn more about their client and assist in taking action during market volatility," he said. Developing and implementing these investor policy statements can be difficult, noted Cerulli Associates, but they ...

ASX volatility index moves to live pricing

MARK SMITH  |  FRIDAY, 22 FEB 2013
Australia's equity market volatility benchmark, the S&P/ASX 200 VIX (VIX), will be made available in real-time, the ASX has announced. This will provide the market with intra-day volatility information and importantly, enables ASX to create derivative ...

Planners praised for guiding investors into fixed income

MARK SMITH  |  TUESDAY, 22 JAN 2013
... active Australian equities Olivia Engel has also warned that the threat of volatility hasn't gone away. While market volatility fell to its lowest level since 2007 during 2012, she explained that it is hard to see it falling further from here. "Many ...

TAL crowned life company of the year

MARK SMITH  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... where risk specialists and financial planners generally are facing a myriad regulatory changes and continued market volatility, advisers are looking to their life companies to bring greater efficiency to their practices." Commenting on the win, TAL Retail ...